Andrei Morozov (nick-name "Murza"), is an ultranationalist activist from Moscow who heads a small Russian neo-Stalinist nationalist group called "Red Blitzkrieg," among the groups supporting the pro-Russian separatists in southeastern Ukraine as we reported.

Morozov travelled to the region and tried to join the "Donetsk People's Republic," but was arrested and tortured by the "militia" for his trouble. Ultimately he was released, and wrote an account on 21 May of his ordeal.

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On the night of 12th May, without any commentary, I was taken to the dead end of the corridor behind an armory, where there was a room for interrogations. They searched all my clothing unsuccessfully for any 'inserts," then nevertheless forced me to change into camouflage pants and a telnyashka from the militia stock.

After this, they chained me in handcuffs to the window bars, leaning me against the wall. They had only one question for me: 'Who came along with you?' Naturally I replied that I was alone. They didn't ask me any more questions. Since threats and simple beatings didn't give them any results -- I wasn't a spy and had nothing to confess -- they decided to torture me in the following manner.

They put something like a pillow case over my head and wrapped it with tape, then taped and roped me, handcuffed, by my wrists and the knee of my left leg to the bars, so that I was placed on the wall at an angle, so that my joints were turned out at the most uncomfortable position possible, and the whole weight of my body fell on my wrists and knee. They tied my right leg for that purpose to the knee of my left leg in such a way that I couldn't put my weight on anything normally.

For some time I had to stay like that, then my strength gave way and I simply hung by my wrists and knee. I asked them to give me the opportunity to speak to the command. In reply, they told me I'd "be in a coffin in white slippers" before that would happen. I began to get delirious from the pain in my wrists, then lost consciousness.

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That night, in the administration building in Antratsit, they tortured a local resident who was also accused of espionage -- I heard his cries. After beating him, he was 'packed into' a wooden trunk, and then they screwed on the lid (they looked around for a screw-driver for a long time), and carried him away. Judging from the following unfavorable commentaries from the 'counter-intelligence agents,' the guy, having decided that they were going to bury him alive, didn't withstand the nervous stress and soiled himself in their favorite torture box.

More at website. The link is a live thread. As they add more interesting (and terrible) things, postings get pushed down, so you may or may not have to scroll to read the rest of this particular story.

In other news, the Russian "separatists" also taped their torture of a Ukrainian soldier and took pictures of his dead body later. You can read about that story, and shudder at the images, here:

Pro-Russian separatists opened fire on unarmed Ukrainian soldiers on Tuesday as they crossed back into Ukraine from Russia where they had taken shelter from fighting, Kiev defence officials said.

Ukraine acknowledged on Monday that 311 soldiers and border guards had been forced by fighting with separatists to cross into Russia. It said they had destroyed their weapons before crossing the border, but the rebels said they had left them behind, enabling separatists to seize them.

“Today at about 6 a.m. (separatist) fighters treacherously fired on a column in which there were 195 unarmed Ukrainian troops returning from the Russian Federation,” Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for the national defence council, told Interfax news agency. He had no immediate word on casualties.

Under the repetitive drone of dumbed down nationalism, Russia under Putin (President for Life) has created a new man imbued with extremely crude and crass nationalism. Putinism is Racism. People who are not Russian are the enemy. It appeals to really stupid people and helps to justify a very cruel outlook and behavior.

I do too. These vile and wicked types are good for one thing. They’re immune to empathy and sympathy; their souls know no remorse. But because they’re so amoral and nihilistic they’re good for evil chores, but they’re a problem when it’s time to settle into routine life. Putin’s got enough of their spirit in him to know their value for crime and political violence, and yet he has enough of the opportunist demagogue’s perspective to see long range. Then, his outlook recognizes that some types are expendable. It’s easy for people like him. In this regard he is much like Obama. People exist to serve them and are of no worry or concern once their immediate use has passed. Unfortunately, some of our FReepers see this with Obama and overlook it in Putin.

Since you want to play the “combatant” game. Unlawful combatants can be executed on the battlefield under international law. Is that really what you want? That would mean a lot of dead Russians in Ukraine.

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